1. "analysis_purchasing_under_threat.Rmd" is a R Markdown document (created in R Studio, R version 3.6.1 (2019-07-05) -- "Action of the Toes")

--> descriptives
--> reliability analysis
--> enables to recreate all anaylsis reported in the paper
--> figures (with "ggplot2")


2. "data_purchasing_under_threat.csv" contains all data to reproduce reported data"

Variable Names: Short Description

X: row number
ID: participants ID
sex: 0 = female, 1 = male
age
education: educational level
householdsize: number of persons living in one houshold
risk_self: participants indicated if they (in person) belong to a risk group for a severe course of COVID-19 (coding: 0 = “no”, 1 = “yes”)
risk_loved: participants indicated if they have regular contact to a person (e.g. household member) belonging to such a risk group (coding: 0 = “no”, 1 = “yes”)
SEA: Sum Score Social Desirability Bias 
IUS: Sum Score Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale 
STAI: Sum Score Trait-Anxiety (with recoded Items)
sem_diff: Threat of COVID-19 (mean)
Prob_Einkaufen: subjective probability rating of getting infected while purchasing
FreqMarch: Change in Purchasing Frequency in March 2020 compared to January 2020
QuaMarch: Change in Purchasing Quantity per purchase in March 2020 compared to January 2020
info_verlauf (= media exposure): extend of information gathering about COVID-19
Konserven_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for canned food   
Seife_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for soap           
Toilettenpapier_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for toilet paper 
Nudeln_Reis_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for pasta/rice     
Hefe_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for yeast            
frisch_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for fresh food         
Desinfektion_March:  Change in purchasing quantity for disinfectants     
diff_sorge: Item1 Threat of COVID-19            
diff_angst: Item2 Threat of COVID-19             
diff_denke: Item3 Threat of COVID-19            
diff_hilflos: Item4 Threat of COVID-19        
diff_belastend: Item5 Threat of COVID-19          
diff_nah: Item6 Threat of COVID-19             
IUS1-IUS12: Items Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale
SATI1-STAI20: Items Trait-Anxiety (some Items have to be recoede to recreate variable STAI; see R code)


3. "analyis_purchasing_under_threat.html" can be openend in the browser: contains R code and results